NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of ...

One of the missions, currently on its way to an asteroid, has been saved, but the fate of several others depend on the ...

On Monday (Oct. 6), the nonprofit Planetary Society held a "day of action" to urge Congress to restore NASA's science funding ...

Calls for the US to land astronauts back on the moon before China have been increasingly loud and frequent. But it all hinges ...

Eileen Collins reflects on her time as the first female not only to pilot but also command a spacecraft. Here's her experience during NASA's shuttle days.

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Nearly 300 space advocates from across the United States converged on Capitol Hill on Oct. 6 for a “Save NASA Science” Day of ...

More layoffs are hitting JPL, the NASA research lab near Pasadena. People will begin getting their notices on Tuesday, Oct.

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to ...

A plan for astronauts to live on the Moon inside 'lunar glass' domes, created by California-based Skyeports, is now being ...

Mount Everest has captivated the world with recent stunning views from both space and the Indian plains. Astronaut Don Pettit ...

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly ...